Set Plays

Loop Entries

How to run Loop Entries — a set play you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Loop Entries — frame 1 diagram
1 dribbles to the right wing; 5 screens near the right low post; 2 cuts to the top; 4 cuts to the left low post; 3 cuts to the left wing
Loop Entries — frame 2 diagram
1 passes to 2; 3 cuts to the basket; 2 screens near the right wing; 3 passes to 2
Loop Entries — frame 3 diagram
5 cuts to the right low post; 1 dribbles to the right perimeter
Loop Entries — frame 4 diagram
2 screens near the free-throw line; 2 cuts to the top; 1 passes to 2; 5 cuts to the left low post; 1 cuts to the right low post
Loop Entries — frame 5 diagram
1 passes to 5; 5 passes to 3; 2 cuts to the top; 3 cuts to the left block
Loop Entries — frame 6 diagram
1 cuts to the right wing; 5 cuts to the right low post

Use Loop Entries to give your team multiple ways to initiate the Loop action depending on what the defense shows. You can enter through 3 passing to 2, through 3 cutting to the left block, or through 1 looping to the wing while 5 establishes in the low post — each entry puts the ball in motion before the defense can set. Teaching all three means you never get stalled at the point of attack.

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